Friday, March 14, 2014

Second Side Table finished Except for Top

The second of three side tables is finished except for the top and is sitting soaking up a coat of Tried & True. It's a nice table, sturdy as I can make one but I'm not satisfied with the wood, look, or something, not sure what I don't like but....It doesn't make me want to sit with a cup of tea and just look. Oh well the next one may and MsOK is happy with it, so I will just go on down the road.

I think you are right, after I posted the photo I took another look and zeroed in on the aprons. The first table I made a template to mark the aprons, on this one I used a set of trammel points. Even though the part of the arc is small it is both too pronounced and too mechanical. There is no feeling for the wood, it looks like something you would buy at the local big box store. Live and learn.

Could the legs be too fat/thick? You have enough set back on the rails that you could make a jig and cut ....say 1/8th off the 8 outside faces of the legs....would lighten up the leg and ballance the short inside taper?????Just a thought

Thanks, but it is easier to build another than screw with one that's built. Odds are it will end up at either the girl child's, the boy child's, or most likely Goodwill after a couple of months in the sitting area. I have another in the design stage, one with lower stretchers and a drawer so even if this one were the most beautiful side table ever it would soon be replaced.

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I’m an Ok guy. I’m a political junky, I work wood, cook, paint (not much lately), do photography, write about art,life, motorcycles, and wood. I fly airplanes for a living. For a guy that grew up on a West Texas dirt farm in the 40’s and 50’s, I’m OK. I don’t have much use for normal male activities like hunting and sports although I can scratch and ogle with the best of ‘em. I know which fork to use most of the time, I don’t say fuck unless it’s needed and for the most part I can get along in polite society. I’ve seen more of the world than most people have and I think I can say things about it that may be interesting.